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Ecc 2:12 — And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what [can] the man [do] that cometh after the king? [even] that which hath been already done.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

I turned		Ecc 1:17; Ecc 7:25
even that which hath been already done		or, in those things which have been already done. Ecc 2:25.

Correlating Passages

I turned

	Ecc 1:17	And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
	Ecc 7:25	I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason [of things], and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness [and] madness:

even that which hath been already done

Ecc 2:25

For who can eat, or who else can hasten [hereunto], more than I?

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Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)

Scott, Thomas. "Ecclesiastes 2:12," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Ecc/2/12.html>.

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